Liliya Afanasyevna Vasilchenko (; 8 July 1962 – 17 December 2011)Умерла Лилия Васильченко
was a Soviet cross-country skier who competed from 1982 to 1986, training at Trudovye Rezervy in

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. She won a gold medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the

1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1985 took place January 16–27, 1985 in Seefeld, Austria (near Innsbruck). This was the fourth time the Innsbruck area hosted these championships, having done so in 1933, the 1964 Winter Olympics, and the 19 ...

in Seefeld and finished eight in the 20 km at those same championships. Vasilchenko's best individual finish at the

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was 17th in the 5 km event in

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, in

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. She was born in

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

World Championships

* 1 medal – (1 gold)

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

*1 podium

Team podiums

* 1 victory * 1 podium Note: Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

External links

* * 1962 births 2011 deaths Soviet female cross-country skiers Cross-country skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Novosibirsk FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Russian female cross-country skiers 20th-century Russian sportswomen {{Russia-XC-skiing-bio-stub